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• LANSING PLANNING BOARD
January 25 , 1971 : Town Hall
701 Planning Session , Regular Meeting
PRESENT : Mr . Peter M . Craig , Chairman ; Miss Louise Barr , Mrs . Viola Miller ;
Messrs . Paul Barron , Samuel Baughman , Frederick Edmondson , Stephen
Farkas
Also : Mr . Thomas Niederkorn , Planning Consultant ; Mrs . Barbara Blanchard ,
from the office of Mr . Niederkorn ; Mr . James Showacre , resident of
the Town of Lansing and former chairman of the Planning Board
The meeting convened at 8 : 20 p . m .
Niederkorn Announced that the main subject for this meeting would be zoning , ZONING
and that because of the situation in Lansing with regard to zoning
some of the approaches have been changed from the usual methods .
He intends to present various ideas in order to get opinions from
the members of the Planning Board . The following broad concepts
were present :
Rural intensity - open zoning
• Low development area - low intensity zone
Medium intensity -
High intensity
There might also be special - purpose zones , as for example industry
or conservation .
The toals or objectives for the Planning Board would be to state
their position on and give recommendations concerning the following ,
to the Town Board :
1 . Growth of the Town
2 . Land uses
a . Does Lansing wish to have its share of growth in
Tompkins County ?
b . Should it be allowed to grow without any control ?
c . Should growth be discouraged ?
3 . Utilities - . The types of utilities will govern the type
of controls .
• Mr . Niederkorn then distributed draft copies of Zoning Ordinance .
Discussion #3 , dated January 25 , 1971 , as a basis for discussion .
Minutes , LANSING PLANNING BOARD , January 25 , 1971 , Town Hall
701 Planning Session , Regular Meeting , page 2
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He also displayed maps and charts showing the zones as described
in Zoning Ordinance Discussion #3 .
It was the opinion of the Planning Board that uncontrolled strip
development along Route 34 north of Peruville Road should be avoided by
some sort of restriction .
Discussion over an extended period of time revealed dissatisfaction
and differences of opinion concerning the general concepts of the
proposed zones and their uses ; no general approval resulted .
Craig Inquired about provisions for multiple family dwellings . As matters
now stand , all of the responsibility for multiple family housing de -
cisions rests with the Health Department , and no other controls are
available .
Miller The usual procedure now is that the developers go ahead and build ,
and then the Health Department makes provisions and exceptions to
accommodate the builders .
Farkas Had in his possession a copy of the revised regulations of the Health
Department . These revised regulations make it necessary for building
plans to be shown to the Health Department , and following that , in-
• stallations must be in accordance with the plans .
It was the opinion of the Planning Board that mobile homes should be
classified as residences , each with an independent sewage disposal
system .
Niederkorn Emphasized the necessity of observing the regulations of the Depart -
ment if Health . The best method would be to control the frontage of
any given lot . This might be 100 feet in the low intensity area ; a
25 - foot setback should also be observed .
Miller Announced that the resolution which had been passed at the special
meeting held January 18 , 1971 , was not legal because it had not
been announced in the agenda for the meeting , and that it should
therefore be considered at the next regular meeting of the Planning
Board . The resolution had to do with approval of sewer plans for
Lansing .
A special meeting was called for Monday , February 1 , 1971 .
The meeting adjourned at 11 : 05 p . m .
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